Vertical Aerospace has secured a pre-delivery payment for the reservation of its VX4 eVTOL aircraft from its existing customer, the leading Japanese trading and investment conglomerate, Marubeni Corporation.
Following the joint working group part...
Japanese eVTOL aircraft manufacturer SkyDrive has appointed Volocopter's former CTO Arnaud Coville as its new Chief Development Officer, who will lead the team developing the company's SD-05 model.
SkyDrive CTO Nobuo Kishi will focus more on the ...
Urban-Air Port (UAP) has signed an agreement with Blue Innovation, a Japanese autonomous drone and robotics provider, that will see the two companies collaborate on creating proof of concept (POC) for autonomous medical and logistics drone operation...
Japanese firm Kanematsu has launched the Hyogo Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Laboratory by working with university and high school students in partnership with Chuo Fukken Consultants, Pasona Group, and Buzzport.
The Hyogo Advanced Air Mobility (HA...
SkyDrive has reached an agreement with the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) to base the type certification for the company’s flying car.
The certification basis refers to the...
SkyDrive and Suzuki Motor Corporation are to collaborate together on the business and technology of flying cars, with both companies also considering market development in India.
Japanese firm SkyDrive is currently engaged in the development of ...
Eve Air Mobility and Skyports are working together to support the development of a new Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for Advanced Air Mobility for the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau.
The initiative aims to provide a shared vision of airspace design...
Joby Aviation is partnering with ANA Holdings, Japan’s largest airline, to bring its aerial ride-sharing services to the country.
ANA and Joby are set to collaborate on all aspects of establishing this revolutionary new form of transportation in ...
EHang has announced a pre-order of 50 units of its EH216 autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) from AirX, which is the biggest order the company has received in Japan.
Regarded as the leading helicopter service platform provider in the country, AirX ha...
SkyDrive has unveiled its SD-03 compact flying vehicle at CES 2022, which is the first time the company has displayed the full-scale model outside of Japan.
The Tokyo-based startup's flying car was first displayed to the public at The Flying Car...
EHang has secured the first order for its long-range passenger grade VT-30 eVTOL aircraft and will work with local partners to further explore use cases with its EH216 and VT-30 and develop urban air mobility networks in Japan.
With the cooperati...
Volocopter has joined the Osaka Roundtable, an institution eager to bring urban air mobility to one of the busiest cities in Asia, as the company continues to accelerate its commitment to launching services in Japan.As part of the engagement, the Ge...
Vertical Aerospace will work with Japanese firm Marubeni Corporation to explore sustainable and emissions-free travel solutions in the country's market, focusing on Vertical’s flagship eVTOL aircraft, the VA-X4. The agreement also sees Marubeni agre...
Dufour Aerospace has signed a distribution agreement with Japan's AirMobility to enter the country's market and promote its eVTOL aircraft as a form of sustainable travel.
Dufour's eVTOL platform is based on proven tilt-wing technology, which giv...
EHang has conducted maiden test flights in Japan with its two-seater 216 eVTOL, which is the first passenger-grade autonomous aircraft to be granted permission to fly in open airspace in the country.
The company obtained a trial flight permit fr...
Skyports has been accepted to participate in two upcoming initiatives aimed at delivering eVTOL technology in Japan’s Osaka Prefecture.
The vertiport developer and drone delivery provider has been accepted as one of five organisations to contrib...
Skyports has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Japanese trading company Kanematsu Corporation, as both companies look to facilitate the deployment and operation of advanced air mobility services for passenger and cargo missions in the c...
Wingcopter and ANA Holdings - the parent company of All Nippon Airways - are working together to accelerate the delivery of vital pharmaceuticals and other consumer products via unmanned aircraft in Japan.
The two companies are conducting compre...
SkyDrive, the Japanese eVTOL aircraft developer, has joined an ongoing roundtable which focuses on the implementation of 'flying cars' in the city of Osaka.
The roundtable was set up as the core organisation to accelerate the initiative led by t...
Japanese eVTOL aircraft developer SkyDrive will display its SD-03 eVTOL aircraft model at a public exhibition for the first time, giving attendees a chance to sit in the cockpit.
The Flying Car Technology Exhibition and Conference is the only eve...